OA publishing agreement with the University of California, US

If you are affiliated with the University of California, you can publish your article Open Access at no cost to you, or with support from the library, in gold and hybrid journals from Cambridge University Press. 

Participating institutions:

• University of California, Berkeley 
• University of California, Davis 
• University of California, Irvine 
• University of California, Los Angeles 
• University of California, Merced 
• University of California, Riverside 
• University of California, San Diego 
• University of California, San Francisco 
• University of California, Santa Barbara 
• University of California, Santa Cruz 

Easily check your eligibility to publish OA under this agreement, and the journals available to you, by using our eligibility checker tool.

To be eligible, articles must:

• Have a corresponding author affiliated with the University of California.
• Be original research – eligible article types are research articles, review articles and rapid communications, brief reports and case reports. Other article types (e.g. editorial material, book reviews, meeting reports, etc.) are not currently covered by the agreement.
• Be accepted for publication in a Cambridge University Press journal covered by the agreement.
• Be accepted for publication from 1 January 2025.

Need help?

If you have any questions, please contact openresearch@cambridge-org.demo.remotlog.com or visit our Publishing Open Access information page.

You can also get in touch with your campus librarian, listed on the UC FAQ page. Detailed information is also available on UC’s information page.